The requirements of this article shall be applicable to each
owner of any building that is not a dwelling that shall have been
vacant for more than 180 consecutive days and to each owner of residential
property consisting of one or more vacant dwellings that shall have
been vacant for more than 180 consecutive days. Registration shall
be required for all vacant buildings, whether vacant and secure, vacant
and open, or vacant and boarded, and shall be required whenever any
building has remained vacant for 180 consecutive days or more. This
article shall not apply to any building owned by the United States,
the commonwealth, the City, nor to any of their respective agencies
or political subdivisions.
There shall be established by the Department rules and regulations
for the implementation of this chapter. Such rules and regulations
shall be reviewed and approved by City Council and be passed by resolution.